School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment

Role

Ana plays a key role in the development and leadership of the research modules on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Architecture. She is also part of the supervisory teams for PhD students in the School of Art and Design.

Over her time at NTU, Ana has been the Module Leader of the research and history modules of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Architecture. She has also been the Course Leader of the MArch, and is currently the Course Leader of the ADBE Professional Doctorate suite.

Ana is also interested in supporting research informed teaching, as well as adopting innovative ways of engaging with students in UG studies; and as such she is a founder member and Chair of the group Research in the UG curriculum, at NTU.

Career overview

February 2004 – June 2007: Spanish Language Teaching Assistant at the Department of Hispanic and Latin American Studies, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

August 2002 – January 2004: Teaching Assistant on History and Art History at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Research areas

Ana's research interest lies in architecture as a cultural manifestation of national identity. In this context she dealt with the search for national identity in post-revolutionary Mexico, and the connection between identity and architecture in the pavilions built for the 1929 Iberoamerican Exhibition in Seville.

Ana is currently involved in an interdisciplinary project which deals with ideas connected with identity, memory and culture, using a participatory methodology. This project aims to show the role of culture (with a special emphasis in art and architecture) in promoting a connection between current issues of our times and the past.

External activity

Evaluator of funding opportunities for the FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

Reviewer of submissions for the Review of European Studies, the Journal of Architectural Education, and Res Mobilis.

Publications

Full list of publications can be found by clicking on 'go to publications' link above.